RECON: TNO occultation with 02CZ154

Event between 02CZ154 and star GA0900:03946052 with event index number of 1180939

Geocentric closest approach at 2023/05/16 17:25:39 UTC

J2000 position of star is 13:07:48.2 +00:28:38
Equinox of date position of star is 13:08:55.0 +00:21:41
Stellar brightness G=13.8, use SENSEUP=64 with the MallinCam and and exposure time of 1 seconds with the QHY174 camera.
Star is 173 degrees from the moon. Moon is 10% illuminated.
TNO apparent brightness V=23.7

TNO is 41.0 AU from the Sun and 40.2 AU from the Earth.
The TNO is moving 18.2 km/sec on the sky relative to the star, or, 2.2 arcsec/hr.
The 1-sigma error in the time of the event is 298 seconds.
The 1-sigma cross-track error in the shadow position is 3662 km.

The TNO has an absolute magnitude Hv=7.5
Diameter=188.8 km assuming a 5% albedo -- 10.4 sec chord
Diameter=77.1 km assuming a 30% albedo -- 4.2 sec chord
Dynamical classification is CLASSICAL
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Star training set for 02CZ154, (2023/05/16 17:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:26:25.7 -11:16:57  1.0 12.41 174
Vindemiatrix   13:03:20.5 +10:50:02  2.8 10.58 163
PPM 159692     13:22:53.0 +01:57:54  5.7  3.83 171
PPM 159493     13:08:48.3 +01:20:59  7.4  1.00 172
PPM 159487     13:08:31.3 +00:27:41  8.8  0.16 173
02CZ154        13:09:00.0 +00:21:10 13.8       173
Positions are for equinox of date

Azimuth is measured in degrees eastward from north. North is at an azimuth of 0, due East is at an azimuth of 90 degrees, due South is 180, and due West is 270.

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Star training set for 02CZ154, (2023/05/16 17:26UT)
Object            RA         Dec     mag  sep  mel
Spica          13:25:11.5 -11:09:41  1.0 12.41 174
Vindemiatrix   13:02:10.2 +10:57:33  2.8 10.58 163
PPM 159692     13:21:41.5 +02:05:13  5.7  3.83 171
PPM 159493     13:07:36.7 +01:28:27  7.4  1.00 172
PPM 159487     13:07:19.5 +00:35:09  8.8  0.16 173
02CZ154        13:07:48.2 +00:28:38 13.8       173
Positions are for J2000

Event circumstances last updated at 2021/10/07 00:42:31 UT

Marc W. Buie, Southwest Research Institute

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